1  I ^ylove the Lord, because he has ^zheard

my voice and my pleas for mercy.

2  Because he ^ainclined his ear to me,

therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

3  ^bThe snares of death encompassed me;

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

4  Then ^cI called on the name of the Lord:

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!”

5  ^dGracious is the Lord, and ^erighteous;

our God is ^fmerciful.

6  The Lord preserves ^gthe simple;

when ^hI was brought low, he saved me.

7  Return, O my soul, to your ⁱrest;

for the Lord has ^jdealt bountifully with you.

8  For ^kyou have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears,

my feet from stumbling;

9  I will walk before the Lord

^lin the land of the living.

10  ^mI believed, ⁿeven when¹ I spoke:

“I am greatly afflicted”;

11  ^oI said in my alarm,

^p“All mankind are liars.”

12  What shall I ^qrender to the Lord

for all his benefits to me?

13  I will lift up ^rthe cup of salvation

and ^scall on the name of the Lord,

14  I will ^tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people.

15  ^uPrecious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his ^vsaints.

16  O Lord, I am your ^wservant;

I am your servant, ^xthe son of your maidservant.

You have ^yloosed my bonds.

17  I will ^zoffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and ^scall on the name of the Lord.

18  I will ^tpay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

19  in ^athe courts of the house of the Lord,

in your midst, O Jerusalem.

^bPraise the Lord!

1  ^cPraise the Lord, all nations!

Extol him, all peoples!

2  For ^dgreat is his steadfast love toward us,

and ^ethe faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

^bPraise the Lord!

1  ^fOh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!

2  ^gLet Israel say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

3  ^gLet the house of Aaron say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

4  ^gLet those who fear the Lord say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

5  ^hOut of my distress I ⁱcalled on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me ^jfree.

6  ^kThe Lord is on my side; ^lI will not fear.

What can man do to me?

7  ^mThe Lord is on my side as my helper;

I shall ⁿlook in triumph on those who hate me.

8  ^oIt is better to take refuge in the Lord

^pthan to trust in man.

9  It is better to take refuge in the Lord

^pthan to trust in princes.

10  ^qAll nations surrounded me;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

11  They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

12  ^rThey surrounded me like bees;

they went out like ^sa fire among thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

13  I was ^tpushed hard,² so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.

14  The Lord is my strength and my song;

^uhe has become my salvation.

15  Glad songs of salvation

are in the tents of the righteous:

^v“The right hand of the Lord ^wdoes valiantly,

16  the right hand of the Lord exalts,

the right hand of the Lord ^wdoes valiantly!”

17  ^xI shall not die, but I shall live,

and ^yrecount the deeds of the Lord.

18  The Lord has ^zdisciplined me severely,

but he has not given me over to death.

19  ^aOpen to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them

and give thanks to the Lord.

20  This is the gate of the Lord;

^bthe righteous shall enter through it.

21  I thank you that ^cyou have answered me

^uand have become my salvation.

22  ^dThe stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.³

23  This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

24  This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25  Save us, we pray, O Lord!

O Lord, we pray, give us success!

26  ^eBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We ^fbless you from the house of the Lord.

27  The Lord is God,

and he has made ^ghis light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,

up to ^hthe horns of the altar!

28  You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;

you are my God; I will ⁱextol you.

29  ^jOh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!